Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10586, Joshua Draper, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Draper, Joshua
S10586
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CONTENTS

2272 New York
Joshua Draper of Westford of Otsego Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Mason & of the Regt * commanded by Col Lamed in the New York line for 11 months & 4 weeks, —
★ Mass. Line. Febr. 18/05 Records corrected. *
Inscribed on the Roll of New York — at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Novem- ber 1832 — and sent to Schuyler Crispen, Worcester, Otsego Co N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 — $ 60.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 20.00 $ 80.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by John Cromwell Cler Book D Vol. 5 Page 81

The People of the State of New York, by the grace of God, free and independent: To all to whom these presents shall come, or may concern, Greeting. Know Ye, that We having inspected the Records & proceedings remaining in the Clerk's Office of Our Court of Common Pleas for Our County of Otsego, do find therein the Records of certain evidence and proceedings, in the words and figures following to wit: -
Otsego Com. Pleas.
State of New York
Otsego County ss.
Of the term of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. -
Be it remembered that on the 21 st day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, being the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego in the State of New York, and a Court of Record proceeding according to the principles of the common Law with power of fine & imprisonment, Joshua Draper, aged eighty three years, and a Resident of the Town of Westford in said County of Otsego, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath solemnly declare, in order to obtain a pension under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, entitled "An Act supplementary to the Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution." That in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy four, he enlisted as a minute man in the War of the Revolution in a company of State Troops or Militia, commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Mason of the Town of Spencer in the County of Worcester, Massachusetts. That this Deponent immediately after such enlistment provided himself with arms & equipments requisite and necessary for actual service and met with the Company to which he belonged, every week for exercise & improvement until the cold weather prevented said Company from thus assembling, and he said Joshua Draper further declares as aforesaid. That some time in the month of April 1775 the alarm was made that the British Troops had marched

to Lexington and made an attack upon the Militia at that place, and orders were received for the company to which this Deponent belonged to March without delay to Concord to meet the enemy. On the same day the orders were received, Capt Mason's company assembled at the inn of Mr. Whitmore in the town of Spencer aforesaid, and about sunset of that day this Deponent marched with the company for Concord, and continued the march through the night and arrived at Concord about ten o'clock in the forenoon of the following day, and on the same day marched from that place for Roxbury, where the company arrived the day following about noon. Capt Mason's company was then stationed at Roxbury, where this Deponent remained as a private soldier in said company in actual service & on duty for about four weeks, when he enlisted for the term of eight months into a company commanded by Capt Joel Greene, Lieutenants David Prouty and Ensign Reuben Platon. The Regiment to which this company belonged was commanded by Col. Leonard and Lieutenants Col. Hovey and Genl. Thomas. Brigade. This Deponent further saith that he remained in actual service as a private in said company stationed at Roxbury aforesaid until he served out the full term of his said enlistment except about ten or twelve days when he was absent from the service by the consent and permission of his Officers on account of ill health. And at the expiration of the term of his said enlistment, this Deponent was honorably discharged from service and returned home to the town of Spencer aforesaid to his family where he then resided. — And the said Joshua Dresher further declares in manner aforesaid, that some time in the month of July 1776 according to his best recollection he again enlisted as a private into a volunteer company commanded by Capt Benjamin Richardson of Leicester in the county of Worcester aforesaid. The names of the Lieutenants belonging to Capt Richardson's company were Baldwin & Kelley. — This company belonged to a Regiment commanded by Col. Dyke, and Lieutenants Col. Goodman of Old Hadley,

Massachusetts, and was embodied and marched from the Town of Leicester for Roxbury, some time the latter part of the Month of August 1776. This Deponent marched with said company at this time, and remained at Roxbury in actual service for the full term of three months, & was then honorably discharged. Genl Ward at that time had the command of the American troops at Roxbury aforesaid. And the said Joshua Draper further declares as aforesaid that he hath not at any time received any annuity or pension under any law of the United States providing for Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers, and that he has never until now made any application for any such pension or annuity. And further the said Joshua Draper declares in manner aforesaid that he has no knowledge of any person now living who is knowing to or recollects the services rendered by him for his country during the War of the Revolution as above stated, by reason whereof it is not in his power to give further evidence of the service thus rendered, except by stating certain incidents which took place at Roxbury during the period of his said service, one of which was the burning of a house called Brown's house standing nigh to, but without the Breast Works of the British Army: This building was used as a guardhouse for the main guard of the British troops, and was set on fire in open day by an American Soldier, and consumed.
Not long after this the British troops set fire to a house called George's Tavern standing within gun shot of the main guard of the American Army, which was wholly consumed. This Deponent saw both of said Buildings when they were burnt: And it was generally understood at the time, that George's Tavern was set on fire by the British to retaliate for the firing of Brown's House by the American Soldier as above stated. And the said Joshua Draper further declares that he is now & has been for about thirty eight years now last past, a Resident citizen of the County of Otsego in the State of New York and further saith not. Joshua Draper. Sworn to & subscribed in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas of Otsego County, this 21 st day of June A.D. 1832. Horace Lathrop, Clerk.

State of New York  Joseph Young of the Town of Decatur Otsego County ss:  in the County of Otsego and State of New York, being duly sworn do hereby de- pose and say, that he was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution stationed at Roxbury in the year 1775. That he, at the time of going into the service, resided at West Springfield, Massa- chusetts, and marched to Roxbury in the month of April of that year, & belonged to Capt Enoch Chapman's Company in Col. Dandolow's Regiment and Genl Thomas' Brigade. This Deponent further saith that after serving about one month under the enlistment as a Minute Man he then enlisted for the term of eight months, and remained under the command of his former Officers, and continued in the service at Roxbury until the expiration of the full eight months for which he enlisted. This Deponent also saith that he well recollects the facts stated by the said Joshua Draper in his said declaration and oath hereunto annexed in relation to the burning of the two houses, one called the Brown House, standing high the British breast works, and which was set on fire by an American soldier in the daytime And also, in relation to the burning of George's Tavern, - this was set on fire by the British, standing a short distance of the main guard of the American Army. This Deponent also saith that the said Joshua Draper has related to this Deponent many other incidents which took place at Roxbury, while this Deponent was there a soldier as above stated, which this Deponent well recollects having occurred, and which this Deponent verily believes the said Joshua Draper could not have known, if he had not been present at Roxbury aforesaid during the campaign in the year 1775. And this Deponent also saith, that he has been well acquainted with the said Joshua Draper for about thirty years, now last past, during which period they have both resided in the County of Otsego, and that he the said Joshua Draper has always sustained the character of a good and worthy citizen, and a man of truth. And this Deponent verily believes the declaration above made by the said Joshua Draper

to be true, and further saith not. Sworn to & subscribed in open Joseph Youngs Court in the Court of Common Pleas of Otsego County this 21 st day of June A.D. 1832 Horace Lathrop. Clerk.
Otsego County ss: Schuyler Crippen of Worcester in said County, Counselor at Law, being duly sworn in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas of said County doth depose and say, that he is well acquainted with Joshua Draper the person who has made the above declaration and oath, and that he the said Joshua Draper is a man of fair character and entitled to full credit, on oath, or otherwise, And further saith not. - Sworn to & subscribed in open Schuyler Crippen Court in the Court of Common Pleas of Otsego County this 21 st day of June A.D. 1832. Horace Lathrop. Clerk.
State of New York Otsego County ss: ss We the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego do certify, that Joshua Draper appeared before us in open Court at the present June Term of said Court, and made his declaration and oath in manner and form above specified for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the provisions of the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832, and at the same time produced before the same Court as witnesses to support his said declaration the above named Joseph Young and Schuyler Crippen, who then & there in open Court respectively made oath to the depo- sitions by them above subscribed, which to us is satisfactory evidence of the truth of the facts set forth in the declaration and oath of the said Joshua Draper.
In witness whereof we the said Judges have hereunto subscribed our names in open Court at the

Court House in Cooperstown in said County this 22 nd day of June A.D. 1882.
Elisha Foote Seth Chase Judges &c James E. Malworth
All which we have caused by these presents to be exemplified. And the seal of Our said Court of Common Pleas to be hereunto affixed. Witness George Morell Esquire First Judge of Our said Court at Cooperstown in the County aforesaid the 23 rd day of June A.D. 1882.
Horace Southrop. Clerk.

In the matter of Joshua Draper, a Soldier of the Revolution.
Exemplification
Given July 24 Office 1832.
admitted

State of New York County of Otsego ss. on this 7 th day of September A.D. 1832
Personally appeared before me Seth Chase a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego being a Court of Record with Common Law Jurisdiction Joshua Draper a resident of the Town of Westford in the said County of Otsego, who being first duly sworn according to Law, both on his Oath make the following declaration in addition to his declaration heretofore made in open Court before the said Court of Common Pleas, the exemplification of the Record whereof is herewith annexed in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he was born in the Town of Spencer in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts in the year 1749 on the twenty fifth day of May of that year according to an ancient Record in his Old family Bible which he has owned more than forty years, and which record was taken from an entry made in the family Bible owned by the father of the said Joshua Draper. That he the said Joshua Draper resided in the Town of Spencer aforesaid during all the time, or each time that he was called into the service as set forth in his Original Declaration herewith annexed. And that he removed from the Town of Spencer in June 1777 to the Town of Chester in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, and continued to reside in the Town of Chester until about thirty eight years since, when he removed to the place where he now resides in the Town of Westford in the County of Otsego aforesaid. And he further states that he never received any written discharge from the service to his recollection or belief, and that he has not any documentary proof in his possession or power to prove the services rendered by him in the War of the Revolution. And the said Joshua Draper further states that there is no Clergyman at this time residing in the Town of Westford; that the Rev. Mr. Evans who has been the settled minister in the Society and Church to which he the said Joshua Draper belongs and of which he has been a Member for the last thirty years, removed from said Society in the early part of June last. And the said Joshua Draper further declares that he is well known to Doctor Uriah Bigelow who has been the family Physician of the said Joshua Draper for about twenty years past, and he further

States that he is well known to Edward Wright and John Cooper — both residing in his neighbourhood in the Town of Westford in the County of Otsego aforesaid — and he the said Joshua Draper hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State —
Joshua D. Draper mark
In witness whereof the said Joshua Draper has hereunto subscribed the day and year aforesaid —
Seth Chase a judge of Otsego county
We Edward Wright a resident of the Town of Westford in the County of Otsego and John Cooper of the same place, and Uriah Bigelow of the Town of Worcester in said County do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joshua Draper of said Town who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty three years of age as he has above stated. That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion
In witness whereof the said Edward Wright, John Cooper and Uriah Bigelow have hereunto subscribed the day and year aforesaid —
Edward Wright
Seth Chase a judge of Otsego county
John Cooper
Uriah Bigelow
And the said Seth Chase one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego in the State of New York Do hereby declare my opinion after investigation of the Matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states — And I do further certify that it appears to me that Edward Wright and John Cooper who have signed the foregoing Certificate are residents of the Town of Westford in the County of Otsego and are Credible persons and that their statement is entitled to Credit — And I further certify that it appears to me, and I also personally know the fact to be, that Uriah Bigelow who has also signed the above Certificate is a resident of the Town of Worcester in the County of Otsego, and a Physician and a credible person whose statement is also entitled to Credit — In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 7 th day of September A.D. 1832 —
Seth Chase a judge of Otsego county
State of New York, Ss. Otsego County
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Seth Chase Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration of Joshua Draper & the certificate of Edward Wright, John Cooper & Uriah Bigelow purport to have been made & sworn to whose name appears to be signed to the above certificate was at the date thereof one of the Judges of Otsego County Court duly Commissioned and sworn as such authorized to administer oaths, state affidavits, & also that I am acquainted with his hand writing & hereby believe his name subscribed Seth Chase a Judge of Otsego County to the said affidavits or oaths, & certificate to be his own proper hand writing & signature given under my hand & the seal of said County this 8 th day of Sept r 1832 H. Lathrop Clerk Deputy

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section ILL Qu
June 7, 1930.
Mrs. Cora C. Draper Highland, California.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 10586, it appears Joshua Draper was born May 25, 1749, at Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
In April, 1775, being a member of Captain Ebenezer Mason's Company of Minute Men of Spencer, Massachusetts, in which place he then resided, he marched to Danbury, Massachusetts, and served four weeks, after which he enlisted and served eight months as a private in Captain Joel Greene's Company, Colonel Learned's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in July, 1776, and served three months in Captain Benjamin Richardson's Company, Colonel Dyke's Massachusetts Regiment.
In June 1777, soldier moved from Spencer, Massachusetts, to Chester, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, then moved to Westford, Otsego County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 21, 1832, while a resident of Westford, New York, where he had lived for about thirty-eight years.
Soldier refers to his family but no names are given.
Very truly yours,
E.W.MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.
Date of death not on A.B.

Rev May
10586 INVALID.
File No. 10,586
Joshua Draper Rev Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 102
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1939 June 7 - History to Mrs. Cora C. Draper, V 222. 1930 Sept. 22 Mrs. Cora C. Draper adv. cost of photos. 1930 Nov. 15. Photos mailed to Mrs. Cora C. Draper & Fin. Rev. ntfd. 9 NY.

Joshua Draper Otago Private mason Map 11 mo. 4 wks Geo. L. Stites Clipp

Highland, Calif. June
Pension Department, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir's
This Joshua Draper in Revolution war pension Claim S. 105-86 is the one I am interested in.
What would be the cost of a photostat copy of the papers in the case?
Very Truly - Mrs. Cora C. Draper, Highland, Calif.
Res. + 18 1/2 Wms Section See

Highland, Calif.
Mch. 27 th 1930
Department of the Interior:
Dear Sir's -
I am hunting for record of Joshua Draper
Born in Spencer, N. Y. - May 25 - 1749 -
Who served in Revolution, He was in battle of Bunker Hill, I will be glad of any information on same,
Very Truly -
Mrs. Cora C. Draper, Highland, Calif.

IN REPLY REFER TO:
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
MMHF
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
September 22 1930
Mrs. Cora C. Draper, Highland, Route # 1 California.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that the cost of photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim of Joshua Draper (S.10586) whose history was furnished you on June 7, 1930, will be $1.35 (nine pages @ 15¢ each).
Should you desire to have them certified allow twenty-five cents additional for the set.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Commissioner of Pensions.
Very truly yours,
E. W. Morgan
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.
Please send three (3) copies, (certified)
And Oblige
Mrs. Cora C. Draper Highland, Cal.
1.35 3 4.00 75 4.80

Bureau of Pensions. Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
November 1, 1930.
541
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Rev. War claim for pension of Joshua Draper, File No. S.10586.
Actual 3 of each page
Mrs. Cora C. Draper, Highland, California. Route 1.
$4.05.....9 pages
XX
Kindly leave margin of 1½ in. at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number.
The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
Chief, Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

Rev.&1812 Wars Section. MMHF
September 22, 1930.
Mrs. Cora C. Draper, Highland, California.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that the cost of photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim of Joshua Draper (S.10586) whose history was furnished you on June 7, 1930, will be $1.35 (nine pages @ 15¢ each).
Should you desire to have them certified allow twenty-five cents additional for the set.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Commissioner of Pensions.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.